Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade - Audio

A podcast by The Open University

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10 Episodes

  1. Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    Published: 10/12/2009
  2. Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    Published: 10/12/2009
  3. The materialist philosophy

    Published: 10/12/2009
  4. Transcript -- The materialist philosophy

    Published: 10/12/2009
  5. Normalising the abnormal

    Published: 10/12/2009
  6. Transcript -- Normalising the abnormal

    Published: 10/12/2009
  7. De sade and the french revolution

    Published: 10/12/2009
  8. Transcript -- De sade and the french revolution

    Published: 10/12/2009
  9. Horror and imprisonment

    Published: 10/12/2009
  10. Transcript -- Horror and imprisonment

    Published: 10/12/2009

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Donatien Alphonse François, better known as The Marquis de Sade, is infamous throughout literature and popular culture for a life and body of work that pushed boundaries. Literally synonymous with sexual and violent excess, his reputation as a writer is often clouded by the extreme nature of his work. In a series of lively and engaging discussions, Alex Barber, Angelica Goodden and Timo Airaksinen re-assess both the man and his writing in social, historical and literary contexts, providing an insight into an often-misunderstood figure with much to say about the culture that produced him. This material forms part of The Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830.